{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-gangster-film-hardback-9781119041665","title":"A Companion to the Gangster Film (Hardback) 9781119041665","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Gangster Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge S. Larke-Walsh (Edited by), GS Larke–Walsh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119041665, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e552 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 17 x 3 cm, 0.975 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA companion to the study of the gangster film’s international appeal spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Gangster Film\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive overview of the newest scholarship on the contemporary gangster film genre as a global phenomenon. While gangster films are one of America’s most popular genres, gangster movies appear in every film industry across the world. With contributions from an international panel of experts, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Gangster Film\u003c\/i\u003e explores the popularity of gangster films across three major continents, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The authors acknowledge the gangster genre’s popularity and examine the reasons supporting its appeal to twenty-first century audiences across the globe. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book examines common themes across all three continents such as production histories and reception, gender race and sexuality, mafia mythologies, and politics. In addition, the companion clearly shows that no national cinema develops in isolation and that cinema is a truly global popular art form.  This important guide to the gangster film genre:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals how the gangster film engages in complex and contradictory themes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the changing face of the gangster film in America\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ideas of gangsterism and migration in the Hispanic USA, Latin America and the Caribbean\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the wide variety of gangster types to appear in European cinema\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a review of a wide-range of gangster films from the Americans, Europe, and Asia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for academics and students of film, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Gangster Film\u003c\/i\u003e offers a scholarly and authoritative guide exploring the various aspects and international appeal of the gangster film genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge S. Larke‐Walsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Americas 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Mary Pickford Meets the Mafia 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy E. Borden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Tough Talk: Early Sound and the Development of American Gangster Film Vernacular, 1928–1930 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 How Good Boys Go Bad: The Changing Face of the Gangster Film in America 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn E. Petty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Making of a Mobster: From Myth to the Crystallization of the Mafia Archetype in 1950s and 1960s Italian and Italian American Film 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyan Calabretta‐Sajder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Moral Ambiguities: The Frenchness of New Hollywood Gangster Families 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsolde Vanhee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Assassin’s Economics of Killing: Money, Honor, and the Market of Murder 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFran Mason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The 1990s Hollywood Gangster: Generic Reflections and Deflections 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarine Hildenbrand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 “Based On A True Story”: Public Enemies and the Biographical Gangster Film 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Gaunson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Gangster in Hispanic American Cinema 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip Swanson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Jamaican Gangster Film: Badman, Rude Bwoys, and Dons 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImruh Bakari\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Europe 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 When Criticism Meets Gangster Films: The Spiv Cycle as Oppositional Aesthetics in Postwar Britain 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAna Rodríguez Granell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Patriarchal Figure in the 1950s French Gangster Film: Legendary Men from a Recent Past 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Pillard and Translated by Myriam Chihab\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Mafia, Mobility, and Capitalism in Italy Circa 1960 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuca Peretti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Gangsters in Turkish Cinema 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHülya Önal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Sun‐Drenched Corruption: Organized Crime, Global Capitalism, and the Mediterranean Coast in Recent Spanish Cinema 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVicente Rodríguez Ortega\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Russia They Have Lost: The Russian Gangster as Nostalgic Hero 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLioudmila Fedorova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 A Hint of Lavender: The Gay Gangster in British Crime Cinema 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Elliott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Modern British Gangster Film 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Ryall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Asia 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Death and Duty: The On‐Screen Yakuza 355\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElayne Chaplin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Yakuza no Onnatachi: Women in Japanese Gangster Cinema 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Treglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Futile Liberation: Post‐Martial‐Law Taiwanese Gangster Films 395\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDominique Liao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ruling the Men’s Den: Crime, Outrage, and Indian Women Gang Leaders 413\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSony Jalarajan Raj, Rohini Sreekumar, and Nithin Kalorth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Tsui Hark’s Film Workshop: Political Cues in the Gangster Film 1986–1989 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Fenwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Godfather Legacy: Homage and Allusion in Transnational Cinema 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge S. 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